The intention of buying is obvious, but Wang Hao did not place an order casually, he also had to check the quality of the calves. The ranch is not a charity, it is not a place for those animal lovers to save small animals, it is a for-profit organization, everything is mainly for high profits.

"You guys come this way, the calves are making a fuss today, I specially arranged for them to feed in batches, and now they are restless." Duke Sr. said with a smile, "Originally, our ranch was going to transform into Angus cattle breeding, but I didn't expect it to rise up again some time ago. ”

Between the green mountains and green waters, a few birdsongs echoed in the valley, and the sound of the calf "mooing" came and went, as if it was playing lively.

"In fact, we chose the Murray Grey because it concentrates the best genes of many cattle breeds, whether it is Angus cattle, Japanese Wagyu cattle or the rest, you can see them in them. This is a great point, and they have a very short time to come out of the slaughter, and they mature faster in the same amount of time. ”

Wang Hao opened his mouth and said, it was not that he didn't know that there were other better breeds, but Japanese Wagyu cattle were too delicate, and the stocking method of the ranch was completely unsuitable for those big young masters and young ladies.

Old Duke was even more comfortable with this, he pointed to the black beef cattle walking leisurely not far away and said: "You see, that is the Angus cattle, which can be bred and calve in 13 months, and is one of the three major beef cattle breeds in the world." I'm not afraid to tell you, my grandfather was the first group of people to cross the Murray Grey Cow, and it took a lot of time for their group of guys to get this kind of cow at the beginning, but unfortunately you are the only one who can make these cows famous. ”

In the end, old Duke was inexplicably a little sad. The Murray Grey Cow, which only came out in the last century, is now on the verge of being eliminated, and there are not many farms still in the Murray Valley, where they are found. Not to mention the rest of the place.

The canyon is divided into two sections by a wide, vicissitudes wooden fence that looks old. Some of the wood has weeds and flowers growing on it, and there are some cute graffiti on the wooden boards between the old and the new, which may have been done by the children of the pasture.

On the other side of the wooden fence, dozens of gray-yellow and gray-yellow calves were playing restlessly, and they seemed to have an inexhaustible passion for a day, and they could not stop for a moment.

The little ones looked a little emaciated, and their slender limbs were not yet at the stage of their fathers' fortunes, and they chased each other, and from time to time they slammed directly into another cow.

Old Duke opens the fence. led Wang Hao and his party in, he picked up the rope from the ground, and prepared to put a calf over for Wang Hao to see, and by the way, he showed a hand to these cowboy descendants to prove that his sword is not old.

But just now he waved the rope in the air and circled, Wang Hao had already stretched out a hand, and then walked to the side of the most noisy calf among them.

The calf is not aggressive, but it treats people as little friends to play with, so it will come over to play. They hurt people unintentionally, and that's not what they intended.

When strangers come to the herd, there is no suspense that the curiosity of the calves will arouse the curiosity of the calves, so that they gather and treat people as toys.

But Wang Hao subverted this common sense. He walked gently among the calves, and with a wave of his sleeve did not seem to take away any clouds. The calves were also playing with themselves, oblivious to the stranger's step. It's as if this person has always been there.

You can only see things by observing them up close, and Wang Hao's eyes are looking around. The calves are alive and well, and each cow wears an electronic tag on its ear. It has become their unique proof of identity.

Suddenly, a silver-gray calf looked directly at Wang Hao, its big dripping eyes were like extra-large contact lenses, dark and beautiful.

Putting his palm on its forehead, Wang Hao gently stroked its forehead and face, and said at the same time: "Little guy, you are really sensitive, and many bulls will definitely chase you after you look so beautiful." ”

What do you look at when you look at a calf? After Wang Hao had the experience of the last time, this time he was much more professional, at least he knew which aspects.

One is to see whether the cow's fur is shiny and elastic, and the other is to see whether the nose mirror is moist. Fattened frame cattle should be large, with flat and wide shoulders, broad heads, large nostrils, curved ribs, and wide hips. The eyes are large, the coat is fine and bright, and the skin is soft and elastic. After inserting the hair on the calf's body with your fingers, you can hold it one by one, and a large handful of cows with such skin grow quickly and are easy to fatten.

In order to improve the efficiency of cattle breeding, cattle farms must start from the cultivation of calves, especially to do a good job in the first and second winter and spring feeding periods, so that they can be slaughtered when the weight reaches more than 300 kg at the age of 12 months, and the weight of more than 500 kg can also be slaughtered after short-term strength fattening.

After measuring the calves here with these standards, Wang Hao found that they were basically qualified, which did not rule out the result of the old Duke's deliberate selection.

"How? Are these calves still satisfied? Old Duke stood next to Wang Hao, patted the quiet silver-gray calf beside him, and said: "Please allow me to say a big thing, this is definitely the largest breeding base for the Murray gray cattle in the vicinity, if the cattle here can't satisfy you, you can only change the breed." ”

Wang Hao looked at these energetic calves and responded with a smile: "Actually, I am personally satisfied, but we still have to discuss the price." These calves weigh about 100 kilograms, right, and you have to pay $1,000 for a cow that's too high, and if I buy 1,500 cows, it will cost you $1.5 million. ”

"Brother, don't be too much, how much is the price of Wagyu beef in Japan now? A top-notch calf costs more than $2,000, and an Angus cow costs $1,800 if it's cheaper. And how much does your ranch auction a cow cost? A cow sells for $12,000, which is a tenfold price difference! ”

"The price is not calculated like this, and the labor costs, concentrate feed, disease prevention, and taxes paid by us don't cost money?" Wang Hao counted his fingers one by one, and now he vaguely felt that the previous auction was a little too hasty.

If you advertise it a little more, 12,000 is definitely not the end of the line for the best quality beef, and a restaurant like Quay is willing to pay a lot of money for it.

How many pounds of useful beef can a top beef cow produce? These restaurants can easily earn back tens of hundreds of dollars per dish.

Old Duke didn't agree, the price of the Murray Grey Cattle was already very low, the cheapest of the three major breeds in Australia, and now it is understandable to take the opportunity to increase the price.

"Well, the price will definitely not be reduced, but I can give you a few beef cattle of the rest of the breeds, you can raise them to try the effect, and see what is the difference between Angus cattle, Wagyu cattle and Murray gray cattle, I will give you five of these two cattle, how about it?"

"Since you've said so, what else can I say? When the contract is signed later, I will pay you the deposit by check. "Wang Hao is not such a calculating person, he said that the price is just by the way, he will not bargain at all. (To be continued......)